Unit 12. A vacation abroad

A VACATION ABROAD
READ
Created by: Nguyen VAN AI
MY HANH Junior High School
School year : 2007 - 2008
Names of cities (places) in the USA
Chicago
Hawaii
San Francisco
Mount Rushmore
New York
* Eliciting questions:
Do you remember Mrs. Quyen ?
What plan did she have ?
She and her husband went on holiday to the USA. They visited a lot of famous places of interest.
This is Mrs. Quyen
Mrs. Quyen visited many places of interest in the USA
Now you look at the following postcards and guess which places she visited.
Hawaii
San Francisco
Mount Rushmore
Chicago
New York
When Mrs. Quyen visited these places, she gave her children some word postcards with pictures on. And this lesson you and I will read and find out about them.
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read
Lesson 2: Speak+ Listen
Lesson 3: Read
Lesson 4: Write
Lesson 5: Language focus
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Lesson 3: Read
Read these postcards from Mrs. Quyen to her children.
Newwords :
- volcano (n)
- lava (n)
valley (n)
Example : In Dalat, there is a famous valley called “Love Valley”.
- wharf (n)
- overhead (adv)
(to) pour out
Example : The lava is pouring out.
prison (n)
(to) carve
Example : The heads of four American presidents are carved into the rock.
Love Valley
volcano (n) thung lũng
lava (n) nhà tù
(to) pour out chạm, khắc
overhead (adv) dung nham
wharf (n) tuôn, phun trào
valley (n) núi lửa
prison (n) cầu cảng, bến cảng
(to) carve phía trên đầu
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Lesson 3: Read
Read these postcards from Mrs. Quyen to her children.
Today we went on an eight-hour tour which
included Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa Valley
wine-growing area, and the famous prison on the
island of Alcatraz in the middle of San Francisco
Bay.
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Lesson 3: Read
Read these postcards from Mrs. Quyen to her children.
This is a picture of Mount Rushmore
where the heads of four American
presidents are carved into the rock.
Mount Rushmore can be seen from
more than 100 kilometers away.
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Lesson 3: Read
Read these postcards from Mrs. Quyen to her children.
Chicago is often called “The Windy City”. It’s situated right on the shore of Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes.
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Lesson 3: Read
Read these postcards from Mrs. Quyen to her children.
Yesterday, while Dad was visiting the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, I went shopping. I bought lots of souvenirs of our trip.
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Lesson 3: Read
Read these postcards from Mrs. Quyen to her children.
1. Write what Mrs. Quyen did and saw in each of these places.
went shopping, bought lots of souvenirs
saw Lake Michigan
saw the heads of four American presidents
visited Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa Valley wine-growing area and the Alcatraz prison
a) How did Mrs. Quyen go to Kilauea Volcano?

b) Where in San Francisco did Mrs. Quyen see the famous prison?

c) What is special about Mount Rushmore?


d) What is the other name of Chicago?

e) What did Mrs. Quyen do while her husband was visiting the Statue of Liberty?
2. Answer the following questions.
She went there by plane.
She saw the famous prison on the island of Alcatraz.
It is a mount where the heads of four American presidents are carved into the rock.
It is also called “The Windy City”.
She went shopping.
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4
5
6
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1. Hawaii is an island.
2. The Mount Rushmore has the picture of three
American Presidents’ Head.
3. The Empire State Building is in New York.
4. Chicago is often called “The windy City”.
5. The Capital of the USA is London.
True
True
True
False
False
- Learn newwords.
- Copy all the answers again.
- Prepare Unit 12(cont.) : Write
* You have to:
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Thanks for being with us!
Good-bye everybody!
1 - d
What is the other name of Chicago?
It is also called “The Windy City”.
2 - a
How did Mrs. Quyen go to Kilauea Volcano?
She went there by plane.
3 - e
What did Mrs. Quyen do while her husband was visiting the Statue of Liberty?
She went shopping.
4 - c
What is special about Mount Rushmore?
It is a mount where the heads of four American presidents are carved into the rock.
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6 - b
Where in San Francisco did Mrs. Quyen
see the famous prison?
She saw the famous prison on the island of Alcatraz.